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Westbrook police investigating death threats against Muslim community

Four typed death threats were discovered in the Westbrook Pointe apartment complex Wednesday.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Aug 17, 2016

Westbrook police investigating death threats against Muslim community

Four typed death threats were discovered in the Westbrook Pointe apartment complex Wednesday.

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Updated: 11:14 PM EDT Aug 17, 2016

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WEBVTT REATENING THE LIVES OFMUSLIMS.THE WESTBROOK POLE DEPARTMENTRELEASED INFORMATION SAYING THETYPE-WRITTEN MESSAGE ALL MUSLIMSARE TERRORISTS SHOULD BE KILLEDON SLIM STRIPS OF PAPER WASREPORTEDLY FOUND ON ONE CAR ANDON THE GROUND IN THE WESTBROOKPOINTE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE ALARGE IRAQI COMMUNITY RESIDES.WESTBROOK POLICE CHIEF JANINEROBERTS SAYS EVEN THOUGH THERE'SNO SIGNIFICANT THREAT TOPEOPLE'S SAFETY SOMETHING LIKETHIS ISN'T TAKEN LIGHTLY.>> THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THATTHERE'S ANYBODY LYING IN WAIT,UM, IN ATTACK, BUT JUST BECAUSEWE DON'T KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEANTHAT'S NOT A POTENTIAL.MORGAN: CHIEF ROBERTS SAYS THENOTES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED ANDPROCESS FOR EVIDENCE.SHE SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TOCANVAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANDWANTS THE IRAQI RESIDENTS TOKNOW THEY WILL BE DOINGEVERYTHING THEY CAN TO KEEP THEMSAFE.>> THEY CAN TRUST US.WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN TOPROTECT THEM AS WELL AS TO MAKETHEM FEEL SAFE, SAFER, THAN WHATTHEY'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW.' MORGAN: SURAI FARAS SAYS SHESTILL FEELS SAFE HERE HERGRANDSON, MOHAMMAD, TRANSLATEDFOR US TELLING US IT WAS HERFRIEND FOUND ONE OF THE NOTES.>> SHE SAID THAT SHE DOESN'TREALLY FEEL BAD OR GOOD BECAUSESHE DIDN'T GET ANYTHING SO SHEFEELS LIKE SHE'S SAFE.>> I JUST HEARD ABOUT IT THISMORNING WHEN A DETECTIVE KNOCKEDON MY DOOR.MORGAN: BRUCE VALLEY HAS LIVEDHER FOR 30 YEARS AND SAYS THEIRAQI FAMILIES WHO LIVE AROUNDHIM ARE ALWAYS KIND ANDFRIENDLY.>> THEY ALWAYS SEND OVER IRAQIFOOD ALL THE TIME.MORGAN: HE SAYS WESTBROOK POINTEIS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE'SNEVER KNOWN OF ANYTHING LIKETHIS TO HAVE HAPPENED HEREBEFORE.>> I HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS.I HOPE IT'S JUST A ONE TIMETHING.MORGAN: PLEASE SAY THERE ARE NOSUSPECTS AT THIS TIME.THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THE MANWHO WAS FROM FREEPORT DIEDFIGHTING FOR ISIS, DID THAT INTHIS COMPLEX AT ONE POINT.THEY SAY THERE IS NO CONNECTIONTO THE NOTES AT THIS TIME.THE WESTBROOK POLICE DEPARTMENTIS ASKING ANYONE TO COME FORWARDWITH INFORMATION.THE POLICE IS INVITING ANYONEWHO IS MUSLIM TO THE POLICE